I love Ustinov's distinctive,
I love Ustinov's distinctive, often subtle, evocative, and sometimes extremely self-conscious editing, and the fact that he combines these two, along with the fact that he is often a very good painter, is impressive. It's a shame that the story of the portrait is so often forgotten in today's society.
I love Ustinov's distinctive, lacking, and not always successful films, but I don't think he's simply a genius. His films are written without any intention of knowing what they are trying to accomplish. I think it's the kind of film that could have been made as a novel, based on a novel, and then be turned into a film about a woman's struggle for self-determination between her ideals and her desires. For all the wrong reasons, I